Snapshots: Readers’ Travel Awards 2017

The who's who of the travel industry showed up to celebrate the best in the business

The seventh edition of Condé Nast Traveller’s Readers’ Travel Awards took place at a glittering ceremony at Andaz Delhi on 27 November. Attended by industry leaders and influencers from travel, tourism and government bodies, the evening celebrated the best in the travel industry across hotels, destinations, airlines, spas and more, as voted for by readers of Condé Nast Traveller.

The award ceremony was a fun affair with the very beautiful and talented Huma Qureshi, the host of the evening, who had guests giggling with her witty one-liners. The evening saw several eminent personalities like Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, His Excellency Mr Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India, Her Excellency Shazra Abdul Sattar, Deputy Head of Mission and Minister, The Embassy of the Republic of Maldives to India, Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi, Aditya Ghosh of IndiGo, Deep Kalra of Make My Trip, Nikhil Ganju of TripAdvisor, Ritesh Aggarwal of OYO Rooms, Karan Anand of Cox & Kings, amongst many others.

In addition to the industry awards, the evening also recognised and celebrated the efforts of those who have championed brand India, across sectors and industries. Laila Tyabji, chairperson and founding member of Dastkar was lauded for her work with artisans over the last 39 years to preserve and popularise Indian crafts internationally. Excellence Awards were awarded to Mallika Ahluwalia, Anavila Misra, Rohan Murty, and Rahul Bose.

Here’s the evening in pictures:

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Gulshan Sachdeva

Nikhil Ganju of TripAdvisor

Gulshan Sachdeva

Rajeev Kaul of The Leela Group

Gulshan Sachdeva

Anavila Misra was awarded The Condé Nast Traveller and Forest Essentials Excellence Award for championing the cause of the quintessential Indian sari and sustainable fabrics through her work

Actor and activist Rahul Bose was awarded the Condé Nast Traveller and Volkswagen Passat Excellence Award, for his social activism and for using film to put the spotlight on the story of Poorna Malavath, the youngest girl in the world to climb Mount Everest.